Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '15 at 02:49
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 57.4 2-Core 120 40% 88.4 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 391 36% 303 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 1016) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5286 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 19.9 14% 17.3 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 15 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 160123216 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 1 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 498 (F2) Unknown 100 100 499 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16660444	49.4% Average	Read 265 Write 352 Mixed 279 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 15.2 49% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 15.8 20% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1270 (C2) HDA temperature 113 82 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 26 57% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Read 27.3 Write 5.19 Mixed 6.85 12% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.95 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 16%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16